Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem

Date: October 18, 2015Time: 11:00 am - 12:15 pm

Location: Mandel JCC

Director: John Lollos • USA • 2014 • English • 75 minutes

Part documentary and part performance, the film weaves portraits of two beloved personalities – Sholom Aleichem and the late Theodore Bikel. An icon of modern Jewish literature, Sholom Aleichem created dozens of beloved characters who offer a window into prewar Eastern European shtetl life. Theodore Bikel played Sholom Alecheim’s Tevye the Milkman more than 2,000 times and was the foremost interpreter of the great Yiddish author.